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2002 Senior PGA Tour

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2002 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 18, 2002 (2002-01-18) – October 27, 2002 (2002-10-27)
Number of official events36
Most winsUnited States Bob Gilder (4)
United States Hale Irwin (4)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Hale Irwin
Money listUnited States Hale Irwin
Player of the YearUnited States Hale Irwin
Rookie of the YearUnited States Morris Hatalsky
2001
2003

The 2002 Senior PGA Tour was the 23rd season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] Notes
Jan 20 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,500,000 United States Tom Kite (4)
Feb 3 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida 1,450,000 United States John Jacobs (4)
Feb 10 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,500,000 United States Hale Irwin (33)
Feb 17 Verizon Classic Florida 1,500,000 United States Doug Tewell (5)
Feb 24 Audi Senior Classic Mexico 1,700,000 United States Bruce Lietzke (3)
Mar 3 SBC Senior Classic California 1,450,000 United States Tom Kite (5)
Mar 10 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,500,000 United States Hale Irwin (34)
Mar 17 Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley California 1,400,000 United States Dana Quigley (6)
Mar 31 Emerald Coast Classic Florida 1,450,000 United States Dave Eichelberger (6)
Apr 7 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Florida 2,505,000 United States Doug Tewell (6) New to Senior PGA Tour
Apr 28 The Countrywide Tradition Arizona 2,000,000 United States Jim Thorpe (5) Senior PGA Tour major championship
May 5 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,400,000 United States Sammy Rachels (3)
May 12 TD Waterhouse Championship Missouri 1,600,000 United States Bruce Lietzke (4)
May 19 Instinet Classic New Jersey 1,500,000 Japan Isao Aoki (9)
May 26 Farmers Charity Classic Michigan 1,500,000 United States Jay Sigel (7)
Jun 2 NFL Golf Classic New Jersey 1,300,000 United States James Mason (1)
Jun 9 Senior PGA Championship Ohio 2,000,000 United States Fuzzy Zoeller (1) Senior major championship
Jun 16 BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee 1,600,000 United States Gil Morgan (21)
Jun 23 Greater Baltimore Classic Maryland 1,450,000 United States J. C. Snead (4)
Jun 30 U.S. Senior Open Maryland 2,500,000 United States Don Pooley (1) Senior major championship
Jul 7 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada 1,600,000 United States Tom Jenkins (3)
Jul 14 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,500,000 Australia Stewart Ginn (1) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 21 SBC Senior Open Illinois 1,450,000 United States Bob Gilder (3)
Jul 28 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £500,000 Japan Noboru Sugai (n/a) Senior major championship[b]
Jul 28 FleetBoston Classic Massachusetts 1,500,000 United States Bob Gilder (4)
Aug 4 Lightpath Long Island Classic New York 1,700,000 United States Hubert Green (4)
Aug 11 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000 United States Hale Irwin (35)
Aug 25 Uniting Fore Care Classic Utah 1,500,000 United States Morris Hatalsky (1)
Sep 1 Allianz Championship Iowa 1,850,000 United States Bob Gilder (5)
Sep 8 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio 1,500,000 United States Bob Gilder (6)
Sep 15 RJR Championship North Carolina 1,600,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (15)
Sep 22 SAS Championship North Carolina 1,700,000 United States Bruce Lietzke (5)
Oct 6 Turtle Bay Championship Hawaii 1,500,000 United States Hale Irwin (36)
Oct 13 Napa Valley Championship California 1,300,000 United States Tom Kite (6)
Oct 20 SBC Championship Texas 1,450,000 United States Dana Quigley (7)
Oct 27 Senior Tour Championship Oklahoma 2,500,000 United States Tom Watson (4) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winners Notes
Nov 17 UBS Cup Georgia 3,000,000 Team USA Team event
Dec 15 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida 1,000,000 United States Craig Stadler and
son Kevin Stadler
Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

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The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2][3]

Position Player Points
1 United States Hale Irwin 2,886
2 United States Bob Gilder 2,087
3 United States Bruce Fleisher 1,582
4 United States Tom Watson 1,448
5 United States Tom Kite 1,419

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Hale Irwin 3,028,304
2 United States Bob Gilder 2,367,637
3 United States Bruce Fleisher 1,860,534
4 United States Tom Kite 1,631,930
5 United States Doug Tewell 1,579,988

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) United States Hale Irwin [5]
Rookie of the Year United States Morris Hatalsky [6]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) United States Hale Irwin [7]
Comeback Player of the Year United States Hubert Green [5]

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  2. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

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  1. ^ "2002 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 28, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "2002 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 9, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Annuity winners". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. October 28, 2002. p. 93 (7-B in paper). Retrieved December 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "2002 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Woods, Irwin, Moore take Player of the Year awards". PGA Tour. January 6, 2003. Archived from the original on January 8, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2023. Hubert Green, who dropped to 51st on the Champions Tour money list in 2001, returned to form in 2002 and finished 16th on the money list. He collected his fourth career Champions Tour title during the year and was named the Champions Tour Comeback Player of the Year.
  6. ^ Jarrett, Keith (January 8, 2003). "Fairview's Hatalsky named Champions Tour Rookie of the Year". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, North Carolina. p. 30 (D6 in paper). Retrieved December 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "2002 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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